The African Water Association (AfWA), is a Panafrican leading organization in reinforcing capacity building of water and sanitation utilities and recognized as a regional Water Operator Partnership (WOP) platform in Africa.

For a better knowledge sharing of successful experiences in the management of water services, the African Water Association (AfWA) initiated since 2008, the partnership program of Water operator in Africa (WOP-Africa) giving rive to exchanges on current best practices in the water sector between the most experienced operator (mentors) and those with the lowest performance (mentees). Thus, over the period 2009-2014, several partnerships on water have been implemented in various themes and especially on the reduction of non-revenue water (NRW).